Medium severity · published Apr 12, 2016
CVE-2016-3166
CRLF injection vulnerability in the drupal_set_header function in Drupal 6.x before 6.38, when used with PHP before 5.1.2, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers…
5.9
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
CRLF injection vulnerability in the drupal_set_header function in Drupal 6.x before 6.38, when used with PHP before 5.1.2, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks by leveraging a module that allows user-submitted data to appear in HTTP headers.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 68% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DR
Drupal · Drupal
6.0; 6.0; 6.0; 6.0; 6.0; 6.0; +34 more · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0; 8.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3166
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3166
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3498
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/19
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/15/10
Patch
https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2016-001
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